I would never have thought about the danger of the cord.
Hats blow off fairly easily in strong winds. Either children don’t play oudoors at school – they also walk to and from school in many cases or they need to find a safe alternative. maybe they need to wear legionaire caps with wider brims that protect their ears and face more than the current style does

disstressing for sure. we dont always notice things that can be quite dangerous thats why its always good to share your stories.

That is just awful and distressing for both parents and child/ren.

Oh that is terrifying!

My daughter wore such a hat too in primary school.
That little boy must have been so frightened.

It is saying that the WA Education Department says parents has a choice of hats for their child, which I find would not be the case at many schools as you would have to have the particular one that the school adopts as part of its uniform. Typical also, that the principal has not contacted the parent concerned as I always found that your calls to the school were most often left not answered and/or not returned even though they are usually quite urgent matters you are phoning/contacting them about (and I haven’t had a child at school for 3 years now but this happened in both primary and secondary school when he attended), so it appears things haven’t improved in this area at all.

My daughter wears a similar hat and it something I’ve always been concerned about.

This would be a scary experience to have to deal with but I think it is the responsibility of the parent to make sure what their child is wearing is safe for play. If a school doesn’t give a choice then i would be questioning the safety of the hat they are required to wear and argue that it is a hazard.

It is a concern that needs to be addressed.

Scary !!
The school my kids go to doesn’t have a choice of hats !
The hat they wear is exactly this model, but I removed the string

I’m very paranoid about my 3 year old wearing a hat like that. I only allow her to wear it when supervised